So I was making a playlist of my favorite live Mac material and it was pretty challenging! It got me curious as to what picks other people might have.

So here's the game: Pick 20-25 of the best live Mac songs and say where the recording came from. You can pull from any of the four Deluxe Reissues, The Dance, LIVE, the Tango show, and Live in Boston. You can explain why as well if you feel you need to provide a reason.

I'm still assembling mine but will post it soon.

(Also, one thing I realized while doing this is that we never did get a proper recording of Brown Eyes live )

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"I am just one small part of forever" -Think About It (The song that got me into Stevie Nicks)

"The face of a pretty girl x1,000,000" -Isn't It Midnight (The song that got me into Christine McVie)

"The sun is bright, but not too bright to see. When the darkness comes you've got to fly into the light." -Doing What I Can (The song that got me into Lindsey Buckingham)

"I can still hear you saying you would never break the chain" -The Chain (The song that got me into Fleetwood Mac)

Its a good challenge but I will make it easy on myself. I LOVE the 1980 LIVE album so I will keep most of it. The album has some of the best live cuts of I'm So Afraid, Rhiannon, Over My Head, Oh Well, Say You Love Me, Over and Over, and Sara (even though Sara is studio touched).
So I will keep those songs as my base.
I hate the Dreams and Don't Stop sound checks so would drop those. I would also drop the new songs One More Lonely Night and Fireflies. I would add a Mirage version of The Chain and a Mirage version of Sisters of the Moon. I would include also Why from 1976. I would ideally take Why from 1974 but trying to keep the album with all the same band members.
I would not include anything post 1982. I like arena rock. The addition of background singers and The Dance being a more studio sounding live band.

__________________Still I believe.....BACKSTABBING AND BETRAYAL will show us how

Gold Dust Woman- The Dance
Sisters of the Moon- Mirage
Sara- Cleveland 1980 (not officially released, but the best version EVER of the song so I had to include it)
Eyes of the World- Live in Boston
Rhiannon- Tuscan 1980 (Tusk deluxe)
Landslide- Live 1980
Over My Head- Live 1980
The Chain- Mirage
Silver Springs- The Dance
Everywhere- The Dance
Gypsy- The Dance
Go Insane- The Dance
Never Going Back Again- Live 1980
Station Man- Fleetwood Mac Reissue
Why- Fleetwood Mac Reissue
Over and Over- Live 1980
Angel- St. Louis 1979 (Tusk Reissue)
Go Your Own Way- Mirage
I’m So Afraid- The Dance

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"and the woman may be awestruck and the woman may truely care, but the woman is so tired...so the woman disappears...come in out of the darkness, bella donna....my soul"- Stevie Nicks, "Bella Donna"
---In memory of my mom, Donna Jean (Jeannie) Allen Commins, 1957-2008- My Bella Donna.

The Chain - Mirage
Dreams - the Dance
Eyes of the World - Live at Boston
Angel - Tusk
Sara - Tusk
Sisters of the Moon - Mirage
Go Your Own Way - Mirage
Gypsy - Mirage
Over and Over - Tusk
Silver Springs - the Dance
Rhiannon - Tusk (is that what you want from me!)
Landslide - Live 1980 Tusk
Tusk - the Dance
Gold Dust Woman - Live in Chicago
Over My Head - Live 1975
Why - Live 1975